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A Fort Lauderdale teenager received about 40 stitches after a shark tore through four tendons of his left foot after being bitten while surfing off Melbourne Beach near Central Florida on Saturday, the New York Daily News is reporting. Michael Adler, 16, was being treated at Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center and told the publication he's a longtime surfer who had been in the water for more than two hours when a wave flipped him off his board and he felt a sudden pain in his leg. The full story can be found at NYDailyNews.com .

The Marlins hit Kyle Kendrick hard - literally and figuratively. Adeiny Hechavarria and Marcell Ozuna drove his pitches off the wall, and Justin Ruggiano put one in the distant shrubbery. Donovan Solano lined one off Phillies pitcher's leg. Aside from a likely bruise, it all amounted to not much for the Marlins as the Phillies were more resilient in a 7-2 victory Thursday in the opener of a four-game series at Citizens Bank Park that saw Miami's Juan Pierre steal his 600 t h base.

BOCA RATON - FAU's all-time leading scorer, guard Greg Gantt, tore his patella tendon Monday night while practicing with teammates at FAU Arena. The news of Gantt's injury was first reported by the FAU University Press . FAU confirmed the injury to the Sun Sentinel. Gantt, who will graduate from FAU this spring, injured himself during a layup. “I was still in the air, looked down and it looked like something was coming out of my leg,” Gantt told the University Press.

For years, the office workers at Goodwill headquarters have fixed feral cats then fed them in the parking lot. Five or six of them come around for meals each day. When a gray and white tabby named Joe Dirt showed up, they knew he was a domestic stray. Joe Joe likes to cuddle. Maybe that's what got him shot. Maybe he tried to cuddle with the wrong crowd. Tuesday around noon, Joe Dirt is having his left hind leg amputated. Afterward, the Goodwill staffers want to give him a life far away from pellet guns, where the nights are warm and the meals come easy.

Saturday night was all right for fighting at the Chuck E. Cheese in Boynton Beach . The child-friendly restaurant at 244 N. Congress Ave. was the scene of a 6:40 p.m. scrap that escalated to gunplay elsewhere in the city, with a 32-year-old man suffering a bullet wound to the lower leg, police said. According to an arrest report, police arrived to find witnesses pointing at a blue GMC pickup truck that was leaving the restaurant parking lot. Officers stopped the pickup and discovered packages of marijuana, crack cocaine and prescription pills had been thrown from the vehicle, police said.

Tip, the new border collie Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office K-9 Deputy Russell Jackowitz is breaking in, is a sharp departure from the German shepherd he's accustomed to handling. "Since I first had [Tip], I'm having to get up at 2, 3 in the morning to let him out," Jackowitz said. "It's like having a baby. " On Friday, Jackowitz and several of his fellow K-9 officers were showing off the newest four-legged members of their unit. The Jimmy Ryce Center for Victims of Predatory Abduction gave a new bloodhound, "Bandit," to the sheriff's K-9 Puppy Program.

Trips to the beach are commonplace for many residents, but for those with disabilities or mobility issues, sand and water pose major obstacles. Two Pompano Beach residents have set out to change that. After seeing an advertisement for wheelchairs specifically designed to allow people with disabilities to navigate the beach and even go into the water, David and Terri Rittenhouse knew the local community could benefit. "It was just so moving for us," Terri Rittenhouse said.

Rest in Peace, Floyd "JR" Leslie Bebee, age 53, of Lakeland, who passed away on March 9. Services are scheduled for today, according to The Ledge in Lakeland. The Smoking Gun (TSG) reminded readers that Bebee left his mark on the world through his tats -- especially the one on his forehead that read "Git-R-Dun. " But, like a nut that doesn't fall far from the tree, his son, who shares his name, Floyd Leslie Bebee Jr., apparently also shared his dad's passion for tattin'.

Florida Panthers goalie Jose Theodore left Saturday's game against the Carolina Hurricanes after only two minutes, 22 seconds of play after injuring his leg. Theodore, attempting to go from the left to right post on a Carolina rush, sustained the injury on his push off. He immediately went face-down on the ice, before being helped off by Panthers trainers. The Panthers announced that Theodore will not return to Saturday's game, citing a lower-body injury. Scott Clemmensen replaced Theodore in net. Clemmensen allowed a goal four minutes into his appearance.

Is there no safe stash for drugs these days? The tan Hyundai was reportedly pulled over for not having working brake lights. When the deputy then asked the driver, Alexis Ann Clancey, 20, along her three passengers, if there were any weapons, drugs or contraband inside the car or on their person, they all said 'no' and gave consent to search, according to a news release from the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. They apparently fibbed. Backup units that had arrived to search the car then asked one of the passengers, Bradley Jordon Greus, 23, if he had anything hidden in his prosthetic leg. Greus 'fessed up and told them he had a small bag of coke in it and handed it over to a deputy, the report stated.